Cumberland Trail State Park – Grassy Cove Segment – Black Mountain Section (Crossville, TN)

I had no idea this was a thing. It is kinda like a little mini Appalachian Trail (for front country hikers). Hey…that’s me?!?! The Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park manages the Cumberland Trail (a State Scenic Trail). The Cumberland Trail follows a line of high ridges and deep gorges lying along Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau (across 11 counties). The completed trail corridor will extend 300 miles from Cumberland Gap on the Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky border to the Tennessee River Gorge, near Chattanooga. It is broken into 12 Segments and 29 Sections. The section we did this day was the Black Mountain section (in the Grassy Cove Segment near Crossville, TN). It was surprisingly good. Now…only 28 more to go! Deano has a new list to work! Emily is about as excited as anyone could be about this situation?!? If anyone wants to go on a day hike with me I’m sure she’d appreciate the reprieve.